“Valley Winter Song” – Fountains of Wayne

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“Christmastime”

Now that it’s Christmastime
Won’t you please forgive the tearful eye?
Please forgive the shabby man on the street.
Now that we’re almost there,
On the verge of another year,
Please forgive the tattered shoes on his feet…
Hey, don’t you look away,
This can’t wait for another day.
Hey, don’t you look away,
This can’t wait for Christmas Day.

On Christmas Day we gather [...]

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Tis the season…for CHIA PETS!

But methinks you will not find this one on the shelf at your local Walmart. It probably would sell very well – although licensing issues might be thorny.

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“Men may talk of Country-Christmasses”

Men may talk of country-Christmasses and court-gluttony,
Their thirty-pound* buttered eggs, their pies of carp’s tongues,
Their pheasants drenched with ambergris, the carcases
Of three fat wethers bruised for gravy, to
Make sauce for a single peacock; yet their feasts
Were fasts, compared with the city’s…
Did you not observe it?
There were three sucking pigs served up in a dish,
Ta’en from [...]

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Whatcom County: Volunteer Elves needed urgently for Project Santa Claus!

Project Santa, operated each holiday season for the last 29 years under the auspices of the Whatcom Co. Sheriff’s Dept. and other local agencies, urgently needs volunteer Elves to help with:

Donation collection and pickup
Picking/Boxing donations/gifts
Wrapping gifts
Delivery of gifts

More than 300 families and 1200 children are helped during the holiday season by Project Santa, and much [...]

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X’mas, 3000 A.D.

You’re forced to watch an advertisement in order for me to share a 1:58 Futurama clip with you. My apologies, but c’est la vie, USA, 2008 A.D. At least a homicidal robotic Santa Claus isn’t after our heads. Not yet, anyway.
Click on graphic to watch

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Virgin Wassail Bowl (no alcohol)

VIRGIN WASSAIL BOWL
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 12 whole cloves
- 2 Tbsp (or more) ground cinnamon
- 2 lemons, sliced thin
- 2 oranges, sliced thin
- 1 apple, sliced thin
- 1 gallon sweet cider
- 1 pint 7-Up or ginger ale
Make syrup of brown sugar and 1 cup water; add cloves and cinnamon.
Simmer for 10 minutes; add fruit. [...]

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A Cup of Christmas Cheer, #3 (alcohol)

I’m going to be sending a lot of recipes your way from now until Christmas – for both food and drink – so tune in and turn on that holiday cheer!
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Candy Cane Shot, Version 1:

1/4 oz Peppermint Schnapps
3/4 oz Cherry Brandy
Garnish with small candy cane or a sprig of fresh peppermint

Candy Cane [...]

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L.A.’s “Gifts for Guns” Program sets record

Record Number Of Guns Exchanged For Gift Cards
Los Angeles (NPR) – It’s a holiday tradition in Los Angeles: Gifts for Guns. In the weeks before Christmas, the Sheriff’s Department offers gift cards in exchange for guns — mostly as a way of disarming gangs. The recession has many more gun owners seeking those $100 gift [...]

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Seattle’s Greenwood-Phinney District Art Walk Debut & Snowman Auction, Dec. 12, 2008

What: Seattle’s Greenwood-Phinney District, already well-known for major Northwest events like the  Greenwood Car Show and The Greenwood Seafair Parade,  is adding another event to the list of annual goings-on.  This Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the first Snowmen on Parade fundraiser at the debut of the new “Art [...]

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